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Community volunteers are being urged to come forward to help at Mirrors’ six-day SuperCamp programme for middle school students.
Social development minister Michael Weeks said volunteers undergo two days of training in preparation for camp, and in tu...
DATE: Jul 24, 2018
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The Mirrors Programme will host a six-day Junior Forum SuperCamp for middle schoolers from August 21 to 26.
The event will take place at Willowbank Resort and Conference Centre in Somerset.
Social development minister Michael Weeks said: “This is an...
DATE: Jul 24, 2018
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The number of births in Bermuda decreased in 2017 for the first time in three years.
Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, told the House of Assembly last Friday that there were 578 births in 2017, down from 591 in 2016. In 2015, the figure was...
DATE: Jul 23, 2018
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Politics
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Members of the Supporting Fair Immigration Reform group tonight said the Premier’s claim that his party’s 21 electoral pledges have been completed was misleading.
David Burt’s Progressive Labour Party promised in its election platform to complete co...
DATE: Jul 23, 2018
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Police are warning about a spate of thefts from parked cars in Hamilton.
Offenders are breaking into vehicles, sometimes by removing window rain guards, and rummaging through belongings, according to officers.
They issued the following advice:
• ensu...
DATE: Jul 21, 2018
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Crime
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News Staff
Ten scholarships, valued at $10,000 each, have been handed out under the Public Service Bursary Scheme.
Government reform minister Lovitta Foggo said the move would help young Bermudians fill essential technical and professional posts within the publ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2018
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Politics
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Department of Workforce Development scholarships were handed to 34 students.
Diallo Rabain told the House of Assembly 16 received up to $10,000 each for the National Technical Vocational Training scholarship and six were awarded the Technical Vocatio...
DATE: Jul 21, 2018
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Politics
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News Staff
The One Bermuda Alliance repeated its call for the Parliamentary Registrar to release a report into the controversial release of voter information.
Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden said a number of “very troubling questions” remained unanswered on h...
DATE: Jul 21, 2018
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Politics
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News Staff
A Litigation Guardian Council will be set up by the Bermuda Government.
The body will provide regulatory oversight of the recruitment, management and administration of litigation guardians on the island, according to social development minister Micha...
DATE: Jul 21, 2018
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Politics
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Thousands of people across the island lost power after two generators at electricity firm Belco shut down yesterday.
The outage happened at about 8.30am and caused 24 circuits to go down, which affected 16,000 customers.
A spokeswoman for the firm s...
DATE: Jul 20, 2018
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